How Do You Play Croquet
in the Dark
- Surprisingly, Croquet can be enjoyed under conditions of low
illumination. Night Croquet presents two problems, seeing the balls....and
seeing the wickets; of these two, visibility of the wickets is
by far the more difficult (especially with thin wire wickets). The Wonder
Wicket Light very adequately solves the visibility problem for all types
of wickets; this then leaves only the problem of ball visibility.

Any ball in the vicinity of a Wonder Wicket Light will be adequately
illuminated. To effectively see balls remote from the wickets, it turns
out all that is needed is a little ambient lighting that most yard settings
will generally provide, especially when some lowlevel artificial
lighting sources such as yard torches, lanterns, decorative colored light-strings
and garden-shrubbery lighting are used.

Some like to paint markings on the balls using Craft paints that are
Fluorescent; this accentuates and heightens reflection from low ambient
area lighting. By using various combinations of stripes, dots, and other
patterns, the darker balls can be easily distinguished from one another.

Using Wonder Wicket Lights, you will be surprised at how easy it is to
play a very enjoyable and competitive game of Croquet under these conditions.
Not only do they facilitate the game of night Croquet, they also provide
an attractive light display on the Croquet course.Try these Wonder Wicket
Lights for an evening of yard-party camaraderie and socializing with a
Croquet flavor.

1. How long is the bulb life?
- Wonder Wicket lights use a super bright impact resistant LED bulb with
100,000 hour lifetime (thats about 20,000 night croquet games, or
one game a week for 384 years!).

2. What kind of Batteries
are required? How long will they last?
- Wonder Wicket Lights use AA batteries. Alkaline batteries, in
conjunction with our highly energy efficient LED light source,
provide about 200 hours of playing time, or about40
evenings of Night Croquet!

4. Will they fit my wickets?
- The Yard Model is designed to fit all styles of backyard croquet wickets
(round, square, or trapezoid shaped). The Association Style model will
fit between the verticals of an Association wicket that are up to 3/4
inch in diameter, and with an inside clearance as narrow as 3-5/8 inches.
Information on Installation

5. How tough are they? Will
they break?
- The Wonder Wicket Light successfully withstands all the normal as well
as rowdiest conditions of the game (possibly with the exception of a vicious
direct mallet strike from a frenzied extreme croquet player). They have
undergone extensive testing, and while we have broken balls and lawn statuary
in that process, we have yet to put a Wonder Wicket Light out of commission.
Here is what the Connecticut eXtreme Croquet Society had to say about
our Wonder Wicket Lights:

"......we tested the wicket light yesterday (Sunday
April 6th). The results: The Wicket Light underwent the ultimate test:
It was hanging from one of the regular size wickets and took a hard wedge
shot right to the throat. It exploded into pieces like a starburst shell
(we never even found the batteries which disappeared into piles of leaves).
We put new batteries in and put it back together. IT WORKED PERFECTLY!!!
It passes the CeCS test with flying colors !!!"

- Strap onto low hanging branches to prevent guests from running into
them
- Lay along a dark path to mark the way, illuminate step locations, etc.
- Mark edges of driveways or parking boundaries, etc.
- Affix to clothing to indicate teams
- Position around the yard as decorative party lights
- Strap on to the turning and winning Posts to illuminate them.

Wonder Wicket Lights have been tested and show no reduced function when
wet. However, we do not recommend extended use in water (as in SCUBA croquet
games) or excessive use in the rain because acid rain or dissolved elements
in the water may lead to eventual corrosion of the electronics.

For One Year from the date of purchase, if your Wonder Wicket Light fails
to work or breaks, please send it back to us and we will promptly replace
it with a new one. Contact us at SoundDesignLLC@comcast.net
for details.